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Welcome to Halopedia, the Halo wiki.

The definitive source for Halo information since November 4, 2004 and home to 16,797 articles.

Featured Article

Halo 3: ODST Firefight

The original wave survival mode.

Firefight (Halo 3: ODST)

Featured Quote

"I'm not sure what that thing is. Don't look like any 'uneven elephant' to me-—more like two squids kissing."

— Avery Johnson, regarding Unyielding Hierophant.

Featured Image

Severan

Concept artwork for Voridus in Halo Wars 2, reused to depict War Chief Severan. Artwork by Theo Stylianides.

Severan

About Halo

Latest Game Update

Operation Infinite

The current Halo Infinite update!

Infinite (Operation)

Halo is a franchise of first-person shooter video games created by Bungie Studios beginning in 2001 with Halo: Combat Evolved for the Xbox game console. Since then, the series has grown to include sequel and spin-off games and a multimedia expanded universe, becoming one of the largest IPs for Xbox Game Studios and an icon in gaming as a whole. In 2011, Bungie stepped away from Halo and passed the torch onto 343 Industries, which has managed the franchise ever since before its rebrand to Halo Studios in late 2024.

The series is set in the far future and focuses on the character of the Master Chief, a cybernetically-enhanced supersoldier fighting to defend humanity from a variety of alien threats, and Cortana - a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence construct that resides within his armor.

Release calendar

Latest Release

Edge of Dawn

The latest Halo novel, released December 2025!

Halo: Edge of Dawn

Upcoming

Recently-released

Halo Infinite Operations

Infinite

Halo Waypoint Chronicles

Halo: Fifth Canticle

Halo novels

This Month in Halo

May

Real-world

2005
- A test string because there's no events of note on this date.

In-universe

2526
- The Battle of Harvest is fought between Vice Admiral Preston Cole's Battle Group X-Ray and a single Covenant Rasus-pattern interdictor, Heaven's Brilliant Bier.
2531
- UNSC Spirit of Fire Chief Engineer Andrew Prescott finishes his survey of the ship's damage following the battle of Trove.
2553
- Admiral I. Zhou submits a full report of the URNA Southwest Campaign, labeled Sequence Log 03-0997.

Did you know..?

...that the true name of the "Drone" species is Yanme'e, and the Latin name Turpis rex or "dishonorable king"?
...that irukan is a grain consumed by Sangheili?
...that Joint Occupation Zones are areas under cooperative UNSC and Sangheili control?
...that only the Plasma Rifle, Plasma Pistol, Needler and the Energy Sword stayed in-game throughout the original Halo trilogy?
...that the Halo series contains numerous biblical references?